Extreme Cold Warning, Minnesota
SevereWind chills as low as 45 below zero, wind chills as low as 35 below zero. The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 45 degrees below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.
Ended Saturday, January 24, 2026.
- Issued
- Expires
- Updated
Places in this warning
- Duluth
- Hibbing
- Brainerd
- Cloquet
- Grand Rapids
- Hermantown
- Baxter
- Virginia
- International Falls
- Chisholm
- Rice Lake
- Two Harbors
- Eveleth
- Ely
- Pine City
- Proctor
- Mountain Iron
- Moose Lake
- Cohasset
- Breezy Point
- Sandstone
- Pequot Lakes
- Crosslake
- Crosby
- Aitkin
- Esko
- Hoyt Lakes
- Coleraine
- Nisswa
- Hinckley
- Silver Bay
- Gilbert
- Rock Creek
- Aurora
- Babbitt
- Grand Marais
- Lake Shore
- Scanlon
- East Gull Lake
- Keewatin
- Nashwauk
- Walker
- Biwabik
- Buhl
- Carlton
- Pine River
- Deer River
- Emily
- Bovey
- Cass Lake
- La Prairie
- Taconite
- Barnum
- Hill City
- Marble
- Ironton
- Ranier
- Littlefork
- Cook
- Deerwood
- Floodwood
- Pillager
- Jenkins
- Big Lake
- Fifty Lakes
- Sturgeon Lake
- Tower
- Wrenshall
- Bigfork
- Remer
- Soudan
- McGregor
- Willow River
- Ball Club
- Calumet
- Mahtowa
- Askov
- Cuyuna
- Finlayson
- Hackensack
- Backus
- Cromwell
- Mahnomen
- Nett Lake
- Lutsen
- Finland
- Rutledge
- Knife River
- Orr
- Inger
- Garrison
- Big Falls
- Winton
- Warba
- Wright
- Kettle River
- Palisade
- Northome
- Longville
- Kinney
- Bena
- Merrifield
- Meadowlands
- Brook Park
- Chickamaw Beach
- Federal Dam
- Beaver Bay
- Riverton
- Brookston
- Iron Junction
- Effie
- McKinley
- Trommald
- Squaw Lake
- Bruno
- Fort Ripley
- Zemple
- Kerrick
- Whipholt
- Tamarack
- Manhattan Beach
- Mizpah
- Henriette
- Goodland
- Leonidas
- McGrath
- Denham
- Boy River
How much
- Wind chill
- As low as 45 below zero
Map
- This warning
- Interstates
- US highways
- US border
Details from the National Weather Service
- What
- For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 45 degrees below zero. For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 35 degrees below zero expected.
- Where
- All of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin.
- When
- For the Extreme Cold Warning, until noon CST today. For the Cold Weather Advisory, from 6 in the evening this evening to noon CST Sunday.
- Impacts
- The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 45 degrees below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. Very cold temperatures can lead to hypothermia with prolonged exposure.
Updates
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Allowed to end on time. January 24, 2026
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Area expanded. January 24, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 23, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 23, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 22, 2026
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Extended to Saturday, noon. January 22, 2026
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Extended to Friday, noon. January 22, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 21, 2026
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Extended to Friday, 11 in the morning. Area expanded. January 21, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 21, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 21, 2026
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Extreme Cold Warning issued for Thursday overnight through Thursday evening. January 20, 2026